Investigation of radiological diagnostic reference levels in the University Hospital Center Hassan II, Fez

Abstract

The increasing use of ionizing radiation in the medical field, in Morocco, imposes the issues of the quality of radiological practices and standards for radiation protection especially for patients and manipulator. The present work is part of improving these practices. It constitutes one of the first steps in the process of setting up the diagnostic references levels (DRLs). This concept is considered as an optimization tool for the medical practices concerning the X-ray. This study has been devoted to the determination of diagnostic reference levels, relating to 10 examination types of medical imaging (at the university hospital center Hassan II).After the data collection, the DRL corresponding, have been raised, according to the method known as of 75th percentile. The analysis of the results and their comparison with literature data, allowed making a preliminary assessment of the quality of medical practices, in terms of radiation protection of patients, in the services concerned and outing with some recommendations and perspectives.